Veterinary Christian Fellowship
Annual report for
1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022
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Introduction
The Veterinary Christian Fellowship (VCF) has been operating since the 1960’s and was an affiliated member of UCCF (Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship) for many years.
VCF has been a registered charity since May 2003 (Charity no: 1099450).
VCF has 6 trustees and there is a larger active committee of 13, which currently incorporates 1 of the trustees.
Aims
VCF aims:
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To unite Christians within the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions through their common loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ; and to assist them in the integration of their faith into their professional lives.
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To encourage and support Christian vet and vet nursing students during their studies.
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To support the work of vets and vet nurses called to work and witness abroad.
Funding
Funding is received primarily through individual donations and a suggested annual donation for members. Gift Aid is claimed on eligible giving. Income is also received from event fees and grants from external organisations.
Newsletter
A newsletter is produced bi-monthly which is emailed to just over 860 people and just over 200 paper copies are sent out.
Membership
There are almost 900 people currently registered as members on our database.
43 people were added during 2022.
3 requested the cancellation of their membership.
1 person passed away.
2022 Weekend Away
The first fully Hybrid VCF Weekend took place over the weekend of 25[th] - 27[th] February at the Quinta Christian Conference Centre.
About 120 people attended in person, with another 39 joining online through the weekend from around the world, including Slovenia, America, South Africa, New Zealand, Northern Ireland and France.
44 families came along in person, of which 25 were children ranging in age from one to 16 years old. 17 students, 4 vet nurses and 55 vets attended from a mixture of roles within the profession, including teaching, general practice, other industries and retired.
Bob and Jan Trelogan were the guest speakers for the weekend, with talks entitled “Your mission, should you choose to accept it…” They looked at God’s “Good news” for the people we meet every day and how we communicate it using the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19, and the blind man in John 9.
The talks were interspersed by times of worship, various seminars and times of fellowship together. Pete Duncalfe produced a new VCF Video song, “Great is They faithfulness” as well as helping to lead a live band for the Ceilidh.
Students and young graduates
The ‘EMS Database’ continued to be updated during the year and sent to those students requesting it. This provides contacts of VCF members working in veterinary practices who are willing to have VCF students come and gain work experience with them. As work experience is required for completion of the veterinary degree this provides an excellent resource for students to gain skills and practical training in a supportive environment.
Hannah McClintick, Vikki Wyse and Kerry Williams continued to support the students and those who have recently graduated.
As students started to be able to do more ‘EMS’ placements again following the Covid lockdowns, VCF relaunched the ‘Paul Manning Memorial EMS Fund’ to financially support students trying to do high quality placements either at home or abroad, which would enhance their experience, but which they couldn’t otherwise afford. During 2022, two
grants, one overseas and one UK, were awarded. We expect this to increase in 2023.
Local groups, including VCF Scotland and VCF Ireland
VCF has a number of small groups which meet around the UK where members can make friends locally and support each other.
Missionary Support
VCF continues to be in contact with various missionaries serving throughout the world in many different communities and situations. Mary Kim, the Missionary Liaison Rep, maintains regular communication with them so VCF can support them through prayer, and financially where possible. VCF encourages individual members or local groups to connect with the missionaries to get to know them so we can enhance our support of them further.
Veterinary Exhibitions
These have continued to reopen following the pandemic and in 2022 VCF had a presence at BSAVA, BVNA, BCVA, LVS, VETcpd in Exeter and BVALive.
A formal presence at these events publicises the existence of VCF to the wider veterinary community, sharing something of God’s Word, and enables networking of members who are attending. This remains a main way in which new members come to know of VCF and request to join.
Website
John Knight continued to manage the VCF Website to keep people up to date.
Committee
Committee meetings continued to be held monthly via Zoom during the year, which allowed for fellowship and support for one another as well as the opportunity to pray for and plan the work of VCF.
In November, the committee met together for a weekend close to London, and via Zoom for those unable to be there in person, to pray together and to seek God’s will for the way forwards for the Fellowship.
AGM 2022
On Saturday 26th February, during the VCF Weekend, Stephen Anderson chaired the AGM. The Roles of President, Treasurer and Secretary were voted on, and those currently in the roles remained so. (President Ann O’Flynn, Treasurer Jenni Hay and Secretary Ali Budgell)
Finance
In 2022, VCF had an income of £77,941 and an expenditure of £57,111, both of which were significantly increased from 2021. The expenditure increased due to events happening which hadn’t occurred the previous year due to Covid, such as the in-person element of the VCF Weekend and the in-person veterinary exhibitions as detailed earlier.
Donations were enhanced by a significant regular donation to help fund the employment of the Secretary, and a grant from Christian Veterinary Mission to assist in attending veterinary exhibitions in 2023. This grant was therefore allocated for use in the following financial year. The Hybrid VCF Weekend also brought in more income than the virtual Weekend the previous year.
Income exceeded expenditure for the Hybrid VCF Weekend, so the excess was gifted to some of our linked missionaries who had specific needs. Giving to missionaries increased in 2022, and we aim to continue this as a priority in 2023.
The Reserves policy was reviewed at the end of 2022 and the reserve level increased to allow for recent inflationary pressures. The trustees and committee are exceptionally grateful for the generous giving of VCF members which means VCF remains in a good financial situation. VCF is actively seeking ways of investing our finances further to enhance our charitable aims and objectives, including development of a new website, supporting individuals with specific financial difficulties and proactively supporting student groups and missionaries.
VETERINARY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Charity Commision No 1099450 Jan-Dec 2022
SECTION A UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
| SECTION A UNRESTRICTED FUNDS | |||
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| 2022 | 2021 | ||
| **A1 ** | Receipts | ||
| 1 | Donations | 22494 | 14342 |
| 2 | Tax recovered | 3585 | 2918 |
| 3 | Secretarial Support (1) | 18000 | 4625 |
| 4 | Quinta Weekend 2022 (1) | 14460 | |
| 5 | Quinta Weekend 2023 (1) | 464 | |
| 5 | Missionary (1) | 1248 | |
| 6 | Students (1) | 55 | |
| 7 | Edinburgh Students | 716 | |
| 8 | CVM Congress Grant | 10669 | |
| 10 | EMS Fund (1) | 6250 | |
| 11 | Virtual weekend (1) | 4463 | |
| Total Unrestricted Income | 77941 | 26348 | |
| **A2 ** | Payments | ||
| 1 | Salary | 16666 | 15676 |
| 2 | NEST (pension) | 1198 | 1123 |
| 3 | Red shoes | 229 | 223 |
| 4 | Broker Network Insurance | 461 | 473 |
| 5 | KinnairdHill (independent examiner) | 330 | 300 |
| 6 | Office expenses | 2835 | 3070 |
| 7 | CONGRESS | ||
| a) London Vet Show |
2762 | 2373 | |
| b) BVNA |
1056 | 392 | |
| c) BVA |
3213 | 18 | |
| d) BCVA |
404 | 246 | |
| e) BSAVA |
765 | ||
| f) Vet Festival |
1894 | ||
| g) VET CPD |
417 | ||
| h) General Congress expense |
50 | ||
| 8 | Student CU Groups | 523 | 50 |
| 9 | Edinburgh Students | 50 | |
| 10 | Quinta Weekend 2022 | 14470 | 885 |
| 11 | Quinta Weekend 2023 deposit | 1050 | |
| 12 | Missionary | 5863 | 3500 |
| 13 | Grants to Members | 200 | |
| 14 | EMS Grant | 600 | |
| 15 | Committee Weekend 2021 | 283 | 904 |
| 16 | Committee weekend 2022 | 1170 | |
| 17 | Virtual weekend 2021 | 3839 | |
| 18 | Honorarium (2) | 622 | 580 |
| 57111 | 33652 |
| Total Income | A1 | 77941 | 26348 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | A2 | 57111 | 33652 |
| Net of receipts(payments) | A1-A2 | 20830 | -7304 |
| Cash funds year end 2021 | A3 | 25882 | 33186 |
| Cash funds Dec 2022 | A1-A2+A3 | 46712 | 25882 |
SECTION B RESTRICTED FUNDS
MISSIONARY FUND (1)
| B1 | Receipts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a) | Donations | 8160 | 8160 | ||||
| b) | Nawat Bibles | 1500 | |||||
| 8160 | 9660 | ||||||
| B2 | Payments | ||||||
| a) | Jan & Flo Morrow | 8160 | 9660 | ||||
| 8160 | 9660 | ||||||
| Total Receipts | B1 | 8160 | 9660 | ||||
| Total Payments | B2 | 8160 | 9660 | ||||
| Net of receipts (Payments) | B1-B2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cash funds Dec 2022 | B1-B2+B3 | 0 | 0 |
SECTION D- STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT YEAR END
| D1a | Cash funds | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Scotland current account | 46712 | ||
| D1b | Other Monetary Assets | ||
| Charity repayment claim | 604 | ||
| D3b | Assets held for the Charities own use | ||
| Assets Dec 2021 | 750 | ||
| Depreciation - 25% of purchase | -250 | ||
| Assets as of Dec 2022 | 500 | ||
| Note | (1) includes tax recovered | ||
| (2) Honorarium | |||
| Brenda Millard - for bookeeping and preparation of Accounts £600 | |||
| Bob Trelogan - thank you gift following retirement from committee £22 |
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Sectioii A Iiidepoiidciil Exan)Iiier s Roport Report to the trustee•l members of ÉfeQifv)PfllY (ARIS 11 AN) fé¥LcwSHIP On accounts lor the year ended Chaflty no (rf anyl oqq50 Set out on pages ItDI I report to the trustees rny exarnination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended Rosponslbllltles and As the tharTty trugtees of the Tnrnt, are responsible for ts preparation 18 of report of the acUnts in acwdance with the requKements of the Charitres Ad 2011 llhè W. I report Thi resped of my exafflination of the Tntsys aecoirts carried out under section 145 of tha 2011 Act and in ¢afrying out my examination, I have folkyed the applioable Dirwjions given by ts Charty Commission r section 145(5}{b} of the Ad. I completed my examination. I confwm t11 no material matters have comè lo rny attention ( in connection Yoth the examingtion gives rne cause to belwe that in, any material Indepèndent examlnets statsmont accounting r01$ not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or I haNE no concems arKI have come across no other mattefs in conn8Ltion with the examlnats'on to whi( attention Shk? be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the aLXOU reached. l)rnckets rfthey () not apy. Slgned: Iljoi IOZ3 Nam•: UfQA QILftfrr Relevant professlonal qualiflcatlon(s) or body (If any): rccA Addro55: IER October 2018
Sectioii B Disclosure Only c¢)Met8 rf examirw needs to lyghlight matters of CA)nM (see CC32. IrKlependent exaMwlOn of charity aCttnts: directions and guidan(x ft)r exam¥)8rs). Gl¥• hern brlef dotalls of any ttems that the oxamlner wbhes to disclose. IER Cktober 2018